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Her name was Neda.

lesbenjamin:

A young woman who was standing aside with her father watching the protests was shot by a basij member hiding on the rooftop of a civilian house. He had clear shot at the girl and could not miss her. However, he aimed straight her heart. I am a doctor, so I rushed to try to save her. But the impact of the gunshot was so fierce that the bullet had blasted inside the victim’s chest, and she died in less than 2 minutes. The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Please let the world know.
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A backer of Mir Hossein Mousavi helps evacuate an injured riot-police officer during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009. — OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images

A backer of Mir Hossein Mousavi helps evacuate an injured riot-police officer during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009. — OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images

A supporter of defeated presidential candidate Mousavi is beaten by government security men as fellow supporters come to his aid during riots in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009.— AP

A supporter of defeated presidential candidate Mousavi is beaten by government security men as fellow supporters come to his aid during riots in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2009.— AP

An injured backer of Mir Hossein Mousavi covers his bloodied face during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009. — OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images

An injured backer of Mir Hossein Mousavi covers his bloodied face during riots in Tehran on June 13, 2009. — OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP/Getty Images

Supporters of Mir Hussein Moussavi, Iran’s leading challenger against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. — NY Times

Supporters of Mir Hussein Moussavi, Iran’s leading challenger against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. — NY Times

The strongest challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attracted an unusually large and exuberant crowd of supporters on Monday during a campaign speech in this northwest city near the candidate’s birthplace, with only a few weeks before national elections that the incumbent stands a serious chance of losing. The crowd for the challenger, Mir Hussein Moussavi, was extraordinary not only for its size — an estimated 30,000 — but also because the supporters were not paid, given free food, bused in or ordered by their workplaces to attend, a tactic sometimes used by Mr. Ahmadinejad’s campaign. — NY Times

The strongest challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attracted an unusually large and exuberant crowd of supporters on Monday during a campaign speech in this northwest city near the candidate’s birthplace, with only a few weeks before national elections that the incumbent stands a serious chance of losing.

The crowd for the challenger, Mir Hussein Moussavi, was extraordinary not only for its size — an estimated 30,000 — but also because the supporters were not paid, given free food, bused in or ordered by their workplaces to attend, a tactic sometimes used by Mr. Ahmadinejad’s campaign. — NY Times

Iran jails journalist as US spy An Iranian-American journalist branded a US spy has been jailed for eight years by Iran after a brief trial held behind closed doors… … The journalist originally faced the less serious accusation of buying alcohol, and later of working as a journalist without a valid press card. — BBC

Iran jails journalist as US spy

An Iranian-American journalist branded a US spy has been jailed for eight years by Iran after a brief trial held behind closed doors…

… The journalist originally faced the less serious accusation of buying alcohol, and later of working as a journalist without a valid press card. — BBC

Invited by Saddam: Iranian opposition members refuse to leave Iraq outpost

In the 1980s, in the midst of Iraq’s bitter eight-year-war with Iran, Saddam Hussein invited the Iranian opposition to set up military operations here. When Saddam’s regime was toppled, US forces disarmed the group. In January, Camp Ashraf reverted to control by the Iraqi government, which plans to close the base as a sign of goodwill toward Iran.

Its residents – members of the People’s Mujahadeen (Mujahadeen e-Khalq, known by the Farsi acronyms MEK or MKO) – are either to return to Iran or to the third countries where they have citizenship. But to the Iraqi government’s consternation, they are not going willingly.

Iranian leader welcomes ‘honest’ talks with United States Iran’s hard-line president said Wednesday that his country welcomes talks with the United States should the American president prove to be “honest” in extending its hand toward Iran, one of the strongest signals yet that Tehran welcomes Barack Obama’s calls for dialogue. — AP

Iranian leader welcomes ‘honest’ talks with United States

Iran’s hard-line president said Wednesday that his country welcomes talks with the United States should the American president prove to be “honest” in extending its hand toward Iran, one of the strongest signals yet that Tehran welcomes Barack Obama’s calls for dialogue. — AP